Pam,
I can't imagine having all that dental work without meds during or after. There are SO many nerves in the mouth area, the pain, on top of what he is already dealing with. I'd be angry too. My pain doc always said to me, whenever I am in high pain or a high anxiety situation that I cannot control at the moment, to keep repeating the Lords Prayer, over and over and over. (if you are Christian, and the Lord's Prayer is second nature and means something to you). It has always worked for me. When I do MRI's, I am terrified, and I say the LP the entire time.
If not that, anything he knows by rote that is soothing or distracting.
Pam, can he take any herbs that are soothing like valerian root? Or chamomile tea? I know it is a nit compared to before but at least it is something.
Is he allowed to take anti depressants?
If not, I find S-ame works quite well.
Did the rehab place give him any direction for what to do when the cravings come, or did he get a buddy? If not, maybe can you ask at your Alanon group how your hubby could get a buddy going through the same thing?
Thinking of you both. What a difficult time with all the festivities around Christmas.
Prayers and hugs, D.
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Originally Posted by PamelaJune
Not been a good week at all. Alcohol not on DB mind at all, if anything he is angry. He has had the week from hell with extensive dental work done in the chair without sedation and still needs more in early January. Has got 20 stitches and his face is swollen like 2 golf balls shoved in his cheeks. And, we got the results of his blood tests. LF is high and he has elevated lipase indicative of something going on with the pancreas. Ultrasound booked for Wednesday. These are the symptoms he has and they are increasingly getting worse since he stopped drinking, they were present in the last months of drinking but masked by the consumption. Extreme fatigue, belching, pain radiates through just above solar plexus, reflux and terrible taste, fever, night sweats, irritable, dark urine, his eyes are not jaundiced but nor are they clear, his skin isn't yellow but greyish colour and big panda black rings under his eyes and nausea. Very fearful of what the results will be.
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